Local youths leave for Japan

Local youths leave for Japan

MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: Forty-three youths from the province left for Japan on Wednesday to undergo two years of industrial apprenticeship, Sukirno, the head of the local manpower office, said.

The youths had already undergone three months of basic training to learn Japanese and about Japanese culture.

They will be employed at various Japanese companies with earnings of around Rp 2 million ($900) a month, Antara reported.

The 43 were selected from graduates of high schools and technical high schools.

This is the second batch of apprentices sent from the province. The first one, comprising 82 youths, left in 1993 and will be returning this year.

Sukirno said some of them might extend their stay there if they can get the contracts with their employers extended. (emb)